Set across three time periods in Cuba—1895, 1932, 196..—Lucía is the story of three different women, all named Lucía, all in love, and all involved in the revolution. In 1895, Lucía (Raquel Revuelta) is an aging spinster in love with a … Continue reading LUCÍA
In 1989, scientists recorded a whale singing at 52 hertz—the average is 20Hz—and deduced that the whale was alone (no other whale was responding at that frequency) and was either the last or the first of his kind. Dubbed 52, … Continue reading THE LONELIEST WHALE: THE SEARCH FOR 52
To criticize a movie, you have to make another movie. —Jean-Luc Godard It might be the most notorious climax in American cinema: A Black man terrorizes a white woman, a Black militia lays siege to a white family’s cabin, and … Continue reading WITHIN OUR GATES
You don’t know it at first, but this is purgatory. Well, a way station might be a better description. Regardless, all the clients who arrive are deceased, and it’s up to the clerks to get them to the next place. … Continue reading AFTER LIFE (ワンダフルライフ)
Norman Jewison: A Director’s Lifeby Ira WellsSutherland House, 455 pp., Hardcover, $28.95 ($34.95 Canada)Available now Chances are when you think of the films and filmmakers of the New Hollywood Cinema, Jewison is not the name that comes to mind first. … Continue reading NORMAN JEWISON: A DIRECTOR’S LIFE
Each year, wine consumption continues to increase, and more Americans are savvier wine drinkers. Yet, so many questions still surround wine. How is wine made? What is a good vintage? Why does that bottle cost so much? What in the … Continue reading A YEAR IN BURGUNDY
It should have been a classic. Major Dundee, a new kind of western with Charlton Heston as the titular major. This was the 1960s, and Heston had already played Moses and Judah Ben-Hur (he won an Oscar for that one). Box … Continue reading MAJOR DUNDEE
For some, equality is a game of mathematics: Clinical, sterile, and dull. But, high up in the Rocky Mountains at the Telluride Film Festival, equality breathes and moves. Here, women dream film, think film, make film, and talk film. And … Continue reading Women Make Film: Dispatches from the 2019 Telluride Film Festival
Let us raise our cups. Standing as some of us do on opposite ends of the river, and drink together. … To the movies. To good movies. To every possible kind.” —Orson Welles’ AFI Life Achievement Award acceptance speech, Feb. … Continue reading One last toast to the wunkerkind: Dispatches from the 2018 Telluride Film Festival
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